John 7:51

Does our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he does?

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In The King James Version

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

In Context

50Nicodemus says unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

52They answered and said unto him, Are you also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee arises no prophet.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:17All of you shall not respect persons in judgment; but all of you shall hear the small as well as the great; all of you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

Deuteronomy 17:8If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates: then shall you arise, and get you up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose;

Proverbs 18:13He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.

Matthew Henry on John 7:46-53

The Officers' Testimony of Christ. 45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? 46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. 47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. 50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) 51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him,… Read the whole commentary →

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